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Singapore Unveils Blueprint for Sustainable Air Hub

Clean Energy Law

Deployment of solar power – More solar photovoltaic systems will be installed on available rooftop spaces of airport buildings at Changi Airport and Seletar Airport. By the end of 2023, Changi Airport generated approximately 4% of its 2019 electricity consumption [ii] through solar power deployment.

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Biden Announces New Initiative on “Game-Changing” Technologies for Achieving Net-Zero Emissions

Law and Environment

Other research and development opportunities identified include innovation in energy storage, alternative biofuels, electric vehicle batteries, and advanced wind and solar power. We will be tracking future funding announcements under this initiative.

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Do Electric Vehicles Spell the End for Biofuels?

JANZEN AG

It is, after all, a biofuel made from plants. Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, predicted many year’s ago that ethanol has fundamental energy inefficiency when compared to solar power. Why wouldn’t ethanol also have a seat this table?

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In Climate Talks, Plans to Keep Planet from Overheating Should Not Ignore Water

Circle of Blue

Wind turbines and solar power, two sturdy and growing sources of renewable energy, require negligible amounts of water. Growing trees to store carbon or harvesting plants to convert into biofuel is a commitment of land, water, and fertilizer, which can pollute rivers and aquifers. degrees Celsius than it was two centuries ago.

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Response to the New York Times Essay “Are There Better Places to Put Large Solar Farms Than These Forests”

Law Columbia

Specifically, it is important to understand that solar is not being sited in equal quantities on these three types of land, as farmland hosts far more solar projects (33%) than either grassland (6%) or forests (4%). For comparison, nearly 3% of solar power is currently sited in urban areas. [1].

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Crop Exhibits, Solar Energy, Hay Contest Featured At Penn State Ag Progress Days Aug. 8-10

PA Environment Daily

Specialists from Penn State and other organizations will be on hand to answer questions about crop production, weed identification, water quality and biofuels. Harrington Crops, Soils and Conservation Building during Penn State’s Ag Progress Days , Aug. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

When I started working on biofuel policy back in 2008, there was a lot of criticism of corn ethanol because in some cases it had lifecycle emissions higher than gasoline. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i].